• The School of Nursing opens its doors in March with Associate Dean Elizabeth Jones, housed at the Nurses Residence of the Hermann Hospital. The School of Nursing begins as a “clinical campus” of Galveston’s program of The University of Texas System School of Nursing.
  
  
• The School of Nursing moves into the Hermann Professional Building Annex (better known as the garage).
  
  
• On August 28, ninety-eight undergraduate students are admitted into our newly established BSN program, comprised of a faculty of ten. Marilyn D. Willman, Ph.D., R.N., is Dean of the University of Texas System School of Nursing, and is later named president.
  
  

• The School of Nursing becomes an official campus of one of The System Schools of Nursing which includes Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso and Fort Worth (Arlington).
  
  
• The first course catalogue is printed, with tuition costs for two semesters totaling $166.
  
  

• Eighty-six students graduate from the School of Nursing.
  
  
• The School of Nursing moves to 1100 Holcombe Boulevard, formerly the Prudential Life Building, residing there for the next thirty years.
  
  
• MSN degree program established.
  
  
• Gerontological Nursing Program established.
  
  
• Oncology Nursing Program established .
  
  
• Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Program established .
  
  

• The School of Nursing Alumni Association is formed.
  
  

• The System School of Nursing is dissolved. The School of Nursing becomes a part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, with Charles A. Berry, M.D. as president and with Dorothy Otto, R.N., M.S. serving as acting dean from 1975 until 1977.
  
  
• The first master’s program at the school enrolls students.
  
  

• Arlowayne Swort, Ph.D., R.N., becomes dean of The School of Nursing.
  
  

• Roger J. Bulger, M.D., becomes president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
  
  

• Emergency Nursing Program established.
  
  

• Perinatal Nursing Program established with the last class admitted in the 2000-20001 academic year.
  

• The Zeta Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society is granted to The School of Nursing.
• The School of Nursing celebrates its 10th anniversary.
  
  

• Critical Care Nursing Program established.
  
  

• Patricia L. Starck, D.S.N., R.N., is appointed dean of The School of Nursing. She subsequently is named the John P. McGovern Distinguished Professor.
  
  

• RN-BSN Program (called RN Flexible Option) Program established.
  
  
• Nurse Anesthesia Program established.
  
  
• Women's Health Care Nursing Program established.
  
  

• The Center for Nursing Research is established.
  
  

• The Center on Aging is established.
  
  

• M. David Low, M.D., Ph.D., becomes president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
  
  

• Pediatric Nursing Program established jointly with Texas Woman’s University, becoming solely our program in 2001.
  
  

• UT Health Services opens first SON primary care clinic in Texas Medical Center.
  
  
• Education Role established.
  
  

• The School of Nursing celebrates its 20th anniversary.
  
  

• PARTNERS is established to provide advancement resources to nursing educators, researchers, and students. Peggy Barnett serves as its first president.
  
  
• Joan Engebretson, DrPH, R.N., and Diane Wardell, Ph.D., R.N., receive patent for the first pacifier designed for low birth weight babies, now marketed internationally as Wee Thumbies.
  
  
• The first dual degree MSN-MPH program in Texas begins in Houston.
  
  
• Neonatal Nursing Program established.
  
  

• The Doctor of Science in Nursing program founded.
  
  
• Acute Care Nursing Program established .
  
  
• Family Nursing Program established.
  
  

• The School of Nursing celebrates its 25th anniversary.
  
  

• Nurse Anesthesia Program ranks 8th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
  
  

• James T. Willerson, M.D., becomes president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
  
  

• The School of Nursing ranks in the top 12 percent of U.S. nursing master’s programs by U.S. News and World Report.
  
  
• Tropical Storm Allison floods TMC closing the School of Nursing.
  
  

• Adult Health Nursing Program established.
  
  
• The School of Nursing celebrates its 30th anniversary. Thirty graduates are presented with Distinguished Alumni awards.
  
  

• Nurse Anesthesia Program ranks 6th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
  
  

• The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Education and Research founded.
  
  
• BSN BAC2 Degree Program established.
  
  
• The new School of Nursing and Student Community Center Building celebrates its grand opening.
  
  

• The School of Nursing ranks in the top 8 percent of US nursing master’s programs by U.S. News and World Report.
  
  
• The School of Nursing opens the first biological sciences (wet” lab) laboratory in a Texas school of nursing.
  
  
• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita cause tremendous devastation along the Gulf Coast. The School of Nursing accepts five displaced students into its program with three successfully graduating. The School of Nursing, with the UTHSC Medical School, operates a comprehensive 24-hour emergency health clinic in the George R. Brown Convention Center for hurricane evacuees.
  
  
• Nurse Leadership and Administration Program established.
  
  

• The School of Nursing ranks in the top 5 percent of US nursing master’s programs by U.S. News and World Report.
  
  
• The Pre-Clinical Critical Care Laboratory is constructed.
  
  
• The School of Nursing welcomes 140 new BSN students; 165 new MSN students; and 26 new doctoral students, bringing the total enrollment to 821.
  
  
• Alumni of the School of Nursing number 6,897
  
  
• The title of the research doctoral degree was changed from the Doctor of Science in Nursing (D.S.N.) to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).  Former graduates given permission to request reissue of diploma to reflect a PhD degree.
  
  
• 35th Anniversary Celebration and Time Capsule Installation.